Handle



Mai-ch 10, 1931. GRAFF 1,795,554

' HANDLE Filed Oct. 51, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l I 6 ,2 57 M I 6'' 607 a Graff March 10, 1931.

s. GRAFF 1,795,554

' HANDLE Filed Oct. 51, 1927 2 Sheets-Shet 2 6' 607 3 'raff attenua e Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE GRAFF, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE DUBA COMIANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO HANDLE Application filed October 31, 1927. Serial No. 230,083.

The invention relates to handles and has for one of its objects to provide a handle which may be given a finished ornamental surface at relatively low cost. Another object is to so construct the handle that it is adapted to be readily fashioned. A further object is to so form the handle that it will withstand ordinary usage without being marred. With these as well as other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as more fully hereinafterset forth.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a side "elevation of a handle embodying my invention; I

Figure 2 is a plan view, partly broken away, thereof Figure 3 is a longitudinal section therethrough;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a modified handle;

Figure 5 is a plan view, partly broken away, thereof;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section thereof;

Figure 7 is a similar View of a modified handle.

The handle shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 is a remote handle for a vehicle door and comprises the hub 1 and the lever 2 fixedly secured to the hub. The hub is preferably a forging and has at its inner end the axial recess 3 for engaging the handle shaft. This hub also has the integral lateral projection 4 which in the present instance is cylindrical and has the enlarged base 5. The lever 2 comprises the longitudinally extending upper and lower stamped sheet metal sections 6 and 7, respectively, having their edges registering preferably in the horizontal plane of the axis of the lateral projection 4. These edges are fixedly secured to each other as by hard soldering the seam therebetween. The two sections cooperate to telescopically engage over the lateral projection 4 and have flared end portions 8 for fitting the base 5 and abutting the shoulder 9 upon the hub. Both sections are fixedly secured to the hub as by being sweated to the lateral projection near its outer end and the base.

By stamping the lever from sheet metal and in a pair of sections and subsequently uniting these sections to each other and then to the hub, the lever may be readily formed and given any desired ornamentation during the stamping. Also this lever is not so liable to be marked by the ordinary usage as a die cast lever.

The handle shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 is a window regulator handle in which 10 is the hub, 11 the lever, 12 the head and 13 the knob. The hub 10 is formed in the same manner as the hub preferably of a forging with the axial recess 14 and the lateral projection 15 having the enlarged base 16. The head 12 is also preferably a forging having the enlarged portion 17 and the lateral projection 18. The lever 11 has the upper and lower longitudinally extending stamped sheet metal sections 19 and 20, respectively, having their meeting edges registering and in the plane of the axes of the projections 15 and 18 and fixedly secured to each other as by hard soldering the seam therebetween. The opposite ends of these sections are flared to engage the base 16 and the tapered portion 21 of the head at the inner end of the lateral projection and are preferably fixedly secured thereto as by sweating. To reinforce the handle there is the tubular tie member 22 which telescopically engages over the projections 15 and 18 and is sweated to these projections. This tie member is housed with in the lever 11 and the latter is preferably shaped to contact with the end portions of the tie member so that it may be sweated thereto.

The knob 13 is also preferably formed so that it may present a highly finished appear ance which is less liable to be marred than a die cast knob. This knob 13 comprises the anchoring member 23 and the drawn sheet metal casing 24. The anchoring member 23 has the rivet 25 which extends transversely through the enlarged portion 17 of the head and has its outer end peened thereover to clamp the anchoring member to the head. The casing 24 preferably has a recessed outer end 26 in which is located the head 27 of the member for securing the casing to the anchoring member. This securing member has the serrated shank 28 which extends into the axial bore 29 of the anchoring member and the serrations of which displace and firmly engage the wall of the bore. Both the anchoring member and the casing preferably engage in a recess 30 formed in the upper side of the enlarged portion 17 of the head.

The handle shown in Figure 7 is formed in the same manner as the handle of Figures 4, 5 and 6, with the exception that no tubular tie member is used. In this handle the lever 31 has the upper and lower longitudinally extending stamped sheet metal sections 32 and 33 respectively which have their meeting edges registering preferably in the plane of the axes of the projections 34 and 35 upon the hub 36 and the head 87 respectively. These sections are fixedly secured to each other preferably by hard soldering the seam between the edges. This lever telescopically engages over the projections 34- and 35 and is fixedly secured thereto as by sweating, the ends of the lever being flared to engage the shoulders formed by the base 38 of the hub projection and the tapered portion 39 at the inner end of the head projection. The knob 40 is secured to the head beyond the lever.

By forming the handles in the above manner it will be seen that the greater parts thereof may be more economically fashioned than if the handles were die castings. Furthermore, that they are adapted to be more readily made in a number of'designs and present better appearances and that they are not so liable to be marred. Also by reason of making the greater parts of the handles of stamped sheet metal, these parts may be given highly finished ornamental surfaces at a much lower cost than if these parts were otherwise formed.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a handle, the combination of a hub having provision for engaging a handle shaft, a head, a lever comprising abutting longitudinally extending sheet metal sections fixedly secured to each other, said sections cooperating to telescopically engage said hub and head and being fixedly secured thereto, and a knob secured to said head.

2. In a handle, the combination of a hub having provision for engaging a handle shaft and provided with a lateral projection, a head having a lateral projection, a lever comprising abutting longitudinally extending sheet metal sections fixedly secured to each other, said sections cooperating to telescopically engage said projections and being fixedly secured thereto, and a knob including a sheet metal casing secured to said head.

3. In a handle, the combination of a hub having provision for engaging a handle shaft and provided with a lateral projection, a head having a lateral projection, a lever comprising abutting longitudinally extending stamped sheet metal sections fixedly secured to each other, said sections cooperating to telescopically engage said projections and being fixedly secured thereto, and a knob secured to said head, said knob including an anchoring member fixedly secured to said head beyond said lever, and a sheet metal casing enclosing said anchoring member and secured thereto and against said head beyond said lever.

4. In a handle, the combination of a hub having provision for engaging a handle shaft, a head, a sheet metal tubular lever telescopically engaging said hub and head and fixedly secured thereto, a tie member extending between said hub and head and enclosed by said lever, and a knob secured to said head.

5. In a handle, the combination of a hub having provision for engaging a handle shaft and provided with a lateral projection, a head having a lateral projection, a tubular tie member between said hub and head telcscopically engaging said projections and being fixedly secured thereto, a lever comprising abutting longitudinally extending sheet metal sections fixedly secured to each other, said sections cooperating to telescopically engage said projections and being fixedly secured thereto, a knob anchoring member secured to said head and extending transversely thereof, and a sheet metal knob casing DJ secured to said anchoring member and onclosing the same.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE GRAFF. 

